Thimble.



No. 898,085. PATENTED'SEPT. 8, 1908.

R. J. R. BLAKE.

THIMBLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17. 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. R. BLAKE, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

THIMBLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed January 17, 1908. Serial No. 411,338.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. R. BLAKE, citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia,Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thimbles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an expansible and contractible thimbledesigned to be adaptable to varying sizes of fingers.

The invention is articularly described in the following specification,reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view to an enlarged scale of my improvedthimble, Fig. 2, a section on the line A A looking up, Fig. 3, anapplication of the same invention to an open ended or tailors thimbleand Fig. 4, a section of the same.

The invention comprises a thimble body or outer casing 2 of ordinaryform, which is longitudinally split into a series of sections, thesplits 3 between thesections being suilicient to permit of the necessarycontraction of the diameter, and to prevent a needle penetrating any oneof the splits the thimble is provided with a thin inner lining 4similarly split as at 5 so that the splits 5 of the lining 4 comebetween those in the outer casing 2. The casing 2 and the lining 4 aresecured together in any approved manner either by a rivet 6 at the crownas in the pattern illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 or by a similar means inthe circumference of it in Figs. 3 and 4.

Vhere the thimble is an open ended one as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4the casing 2 and its lining 4 need only be provided with one split 7,which it is anticipated will afford the necessary adaptability to thefinger. It is expected that the resilience of the casing and from themaximum to the minimum limit.

This sleeve 8 may be provided with a series of small projections inwardwhich, by engagement with the indentations in the exterior surface ofthe casing, will retain the contracting sleeve at any desired position.

Having now particularly described my invention I hereby declare thatwhat I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a thimble, a segmentally split resilient body within which issecured a segmentally split resilient lining, the splits of the liningcoming between those of the body.

2. In a thimble, a body portion split by longitudinal cuts intosegments, within which is a lining similarly split the splits of thelining coming between those of the outer body, and a sleeve slidableoutside of the body portion.

3. In a thimble, a thin resilient body portion split by a singlelongitudinal cut, a lining of similar thin resilient material similarlysplit, and means for securing the lining within the body portion in amanner to admit of free outward expansion against the resilience of thematerial.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT J. R. BLAKE.

Witnesses C. D. MAOKENZIE, ROWLAND BRITTAIN.

